New interview on Soccernet (which has a new format, as well). http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=252578&cc=5739 I linked it here because I thought that the two most interesting parts were his take on the Friedel-Keller rivalry and the fact that he is apparently going to start a soccer school in Ohio. Mods are welcome to move it to YA if they think it should be there...
Good article. I think this quote says it all about how Brad feels about Kasey: "All I will say is I hope my team finish ahead of his this year. That would be nice."
This was announced last summer. He and Desmond Armstrong and Barry Venison, in conjunction with the Crew, will be running three separate weeklong camps in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland for "elite" players aged 14-19. Part of their goal is to give young players an honest evaluation of their professional potential. Which would be a nice switch from the "you're wonderful, write me another check" format normally associated with youth camps. http://www.thecrew.com/news/020702_friedel.asp
Because Friedel wants his team to do better than Keller's team, "that says it all"? Says what exactly?
Wonder if Keller invites Brad over for dinners after games @ Tottenham (Kasey is building a Very nice house in North London, has his family over now, per the EPL preview show a few weeks ago on StarTv, forgot to mention it earlier but our big 3 in England, Reyna, Freidel, and Keller draw a lot of media attention on the international talk shows, Reyna's injury was a big story)
That they're competitors, not enemies. They don't hate each other, they're just not best friends. That's what I inferred.
My father could be on the other team and I would want to finish higher than him.......that quote said nothing, other than Freidel hopes his team does better than another team in the same league... Would you have preferred to the quote to read: 'I hope Kasey's team beats the crap out of us and wins the cup, because I don't care about anything but him and his feelings.'
I think you're preaching to the converted so to speak. My comment about them being cordial but not buddy buddy is based on much of what I read not just the afforementioned article. Of course Friedel hopes his team does better than Keller's. The reason he said that comment was to suggest that the press is attributing far more hostility to their relationship than is actually there. I mean come on. No serious competitor is going to be ecstatic about sitting on the bench. As a coach, I don't want someone who's happy about sitting on the bench, just that he be mature to accept it as motivation to work harder.